Dmytro Grabovskyy ( uk, Дмитро Грабовський, he, דימיטרי גרבובסקי; 30 September 1985 – 23 January 2017) was a
Ukrainian
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professional
road bicycle racer
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, who last competed for
UCI Continental team before his death in 2017.
Career
He was second in the time trial for juniors at the 2005 World Championship Cycling in Madrid and he won the road race. He signed his first professional contract with . After two years he joined in 2009: after two years there he joined ISD-Lampre for 2011, his final year as a professional.
He competed in one
Grand Tour
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during his career, the
2009 Giro d'Italia
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.
In a 2010 interview with ''
Gazetta dello Sport
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History and profile
''La ...
'' he admitted that he had suffered from problems with alcoholism during his period with Quick-Step, to the point where he came close to death from alcohol poisoning on two occasions.
He took up Israeli citizenship in 2015.
Grabovskyy died from a heart attack on 23 January 2017.
Major results
;2003
:2nd

Time trial,
UCI Junior Road World Championships UCI most commonly refers to:
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;2005
:
UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
::1st
Road race
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::2nd
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: 1st

Time trial,
UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
:1st Stage 5
Five Rings of Moscow
;2006
: 1st

Time trial,
UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
: 1st

Overall
Giro delle Regioni
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::1st Stages 2, 3 & 5b
: 2nd Overall
Girobio
Giro d'Italia Giovani Under 23, also known as Baby Giro, Girobio or Giro Ciclistico d'Italia, is an Italian road bicycle racing amateur stage race
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::1st Stage 2
:2nd
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, National Under-23 Road Championships
;2007
:3rd
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, National Road Championships
;2008
:5th
Firenze–Pistoia
;2009
:2nd
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, National Road Championships
;2010
: 1st

Mountains classification,
Tirreno–Adriatico
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;2015
: 3rd Overall Israman Negev
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
(1st Israeli)
References
External links
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1985 births
2017 deaths
Ukrainian male cyclists
Sportspeople from Simferopol
Ukrainian emigrants to Israel
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